Pronunciation: (nOO'bē-un, nyOO'-), [key]
1. a member of any of the various peoples inhabiting Nubia.
2. the Nilo-Saharan language of the Nubians.
3. a Nubian or black slave.
4. a Nubian horse.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Nubia, its people, or their language.
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